The historic vehicle display at the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon in Warwickshire has been boosted with the addition of 16 vehicles on loan from the Essex-based Ford of Britain heritage collection.

The vehicles, ranging from a 1912 Manchester-built Model T through to a 1985 Ford RS 200, are already on display and enhance what is the world's largest collection of British cars.

Milestone Ford cars at the museum include the last Cortina ever made, the last Capri and an example of Britain's first - and only - £100 new car, the Ford Model Y from the 1930s.

Face lift for Expert

Peugeot has updated its Expert van range with new exterior styling, the addition of body side mouldings extending to the rear hinged doors, an updated interior, including new seats and trim and the fitment of three point seat belts in all the central seats.

The new Expert is available in two body types, a panelled van, with load capacities of 815 and 900 kg, and a five seater Combi version. Two diesel engines are available, both mated to a five speed manual gearbox.

Mazda scoops new award

The new Mazda3 has been named Canadian Car of the Year for 2004 by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC), topping off an extraordinary winning performance in the annual awards. The Japanese maker also won four category awards with the 3 named as winner of two categories and further awards for the Mazda6 and the RX-8.

Truth of white van man

The image of a young hot-headed 'white van man' cutting up other drivers and witnessing hundreds of accidents in his rear-view mirror is not a stereotype, but a reality borne out of a lack of driving experience, according to new research.

A study of behaviour behind the wheel by leasing company Interleasing suggests that CV should stand as much for 'curriculum vitae' as it does commercial vehicle when it comes to interviewing for jobs that involve driving the company van.

The survey analysed incidents involving around 3,000 company van drivers and revealed that the most accident-prone are those between the ages of 17 and 30 who accounted for around 20 per cent of incidents.

Interleasing says that as a benchmark it would normally expect that figure to be about 10pc.